Dialoging with Davy

Today I had to do another dialogue with Dave.  This time about what my thoughts were after writing this paper.

Dave                                                                             Me

Hey you, I think you can't really say that one opinion is better than another one. Don't you agree?	Not at all. I think that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but some opinions are better than others. You could hold the opinion that copper is stronger than steel, you could even live that way, but in the end your opinion would be wrong. Or look at development projects and plans to help needy countries. Some people hold the opinion that our approaches will work, or that we need to try harder with the approaches already being used. Obviously these approaches are not working, and we need a different plan. The people who hold the opinion hold an inferior opinion because their approach is not working.
There's all this stuff in the book about research as a process of discovery. What did you discover?	I discovered that deforestation is a problem that has gotten out of hand. Through my research I found that although there are many problems and many people trying to solve them, most writers and aid groups ignore people on the individual scale. This ignoring causes great holes in their aid process, making it much less effective. If you want to solve a problem you must not ignore any of it.
What do you figure was the most challenging problem you had to solve while working on this research project? How did you solve it?	The most challenging problem I faced was trying to present my information and stay within the word limit. I tried to solve this problem narrowing my topic from negative effects of deforestation to the reasons why deforestation has gotten so out-of-hand. Unfortunately I still have not found the balance between saying what I feel would be good and including all the aspects my professor would like included, so I still have to many words.
After all this work, what do you take away from this experience? What have you learned that you can use?	I have learned two things. One, I have learned how to research using websites searches and database. Two, I have learned a better way of viewing developing countries, their governments and cultures. Something that will definitely come in handy to me as I interact with foreigners and other cultures.